From a wonderful collection of world music on Riverboat Records: "Rhythm of the River"

Efran Finatawa

Lledeman

Killer guitar from the Tuareg people of North Africa, also on "Rhythm of the River"

MC Sabrinha

Eu Solto O Som A Voz

Brazil is hot: "Rio Baile Funk: More Favela Booty Beats"

MC Cula

E So Senta

Another Favela Funk Fave

Freddy Fender

Ya No

Freddy-- who died of cancer in October-- began as a Tex-Mex rock & roller. Arhoolie put out a collection of his early stuff in 2003:
Freddy Fender Interpreta El Rock"

Freddy Fender

Juegos (Tell It Like It Is)

Demon Records, out of England, put out "Exitos en Espanol: The Spanish Side of Freddy Fender"

Freddy Fender

Tell It Like It Is

It's not Aaron Neville but Freddy does okay on this sweet sad song

Stoney Edwards

She's My Rock

George Jones had a hit with this but I think Stoney did it first; from "Dirty Laundry: The Soul of Black Country" (Trikont, 2006)

Bobby Womack

Bouquet of Roses

Eddie Arnold did this in 1955, Faron Young in 59. Bobby Womack covered it 40 years later; also on "Dirty Laundry"

Ned Sublette

Cheater's Motel

C&W goes to Cuba: Ned's incredible "Cowboy Rhumba" album mixes it up and makes it work. Great stuff

Uncle Bunt Stephens

Sail Away Lady

From the soundtrack to "Desperate Man Blues"-- the documentary about Joe Bussard, record collector extraordinaire

Mike Seeger

Hudson Valley Breakdown

Dick Rosmini

Red Apple Juice

Professor Louie & the Crowmatix

Frosty

Hot instrumental from this Hudson Valley folk group. Find out more at woodstockrecords.com

Ian & Sylvia

Tomorrow is a Long time

Dylan song

Geoff Muldaur

Poor Boy Blues

Former member of Jim Kweskin Jug Band knows the blues; from "Harry Smith Project, Revisited" (Disc 2)

Bill Neely

Black Land Farm

Bill used to show up around Austin in the early 70s, guitar in hand, ready to play; this tune if from Arhoolie's "16 Down Home Country Classics"

Tony Gilkyson

Old Cracked Looking Glass

Most of the tunes on "Good Guitar" are originals but I couldn't resist Tony's cover of this obscure Woody Guthrie song

Kelly Willis

He Don't Care About Me

Written by Bruce Robison, now husband/partner with KW; from "Fading Fast" (A&M, 1996)

South Austin Jug Band

Lady Be Good

Not sure why I love this Gershwin tune so much but here's yet another great version, with a country flavor

South Austin Jug Band

Overdrivin' the Mic

An instrumental original from these boys, on their 2005 "Dark & Weary World" CD

Austin Lounge Lizards w/ Kelly Willis

We Always Fight When We Drink Gin

The band is clever but, with Kelly Willis helping on vocals, they sure do swing. Produced by the ubiquitous Lloyd Maines

Butch Hancock

When the Good & the Bad Get Ugly

New CD--"War & Peace"-- is very political. Butch now lives in the Big Bend area; write him (to buy CD or whatever) at Box 468, Terlingua, Texas 79852 or check out angelfire.com/mi/jeffmiller/ or email me at stevek@wfmu.org

Melancholy Ramblers

Wayfaring Stranger

Check out melancholyramblers.com to find out more about these Austin folks or buy their new CD:
"Goin' to the Mountain"

Recorded in 1969, this album-- "L.A., Memphis & Tyler, Texas (Rev-Ola, 2006)-- has help from James Burton, Dan Penn, Spooner Oldham and others

Bobby Bare

What Color (Is a Man)

Great songwriter and country music character; this tune can be found on a CD that combines two of his clever 60s albums: "A Bird Named Yesterday" & "Talk Me Some Sense"

Bobby Bare, Jr's Young Criminals Starvation League

Uh Wuh Oh

The son. Also clever. From "The Longest Meow" (Bloodshot, 2006)

Willie Nelson

Rainy Day Blues

One of Willie's great old songs, redone on "Songbird" (Lost Highway, 2006)

The (Original) Lost Gonzo Band

Intro

Last January, a bunch of Austin musicians and lots of friends recorded a concert out in Luckenbach, a semi-abandoned town up in the Hill Country. Much of the music is from Jerry Jeff Walker's 1973 "Viva Terlingua" album

The (Original) Lost Gonzo Band

Gettin' By

The current CD-- "Viva! Terlingua! Songs of Luckenbach, Texas"-- is available at villagerecords.com (along with lots of other Texas music)